Day 2 Masters Snooker Extra

Hello again from Alexandra Palace. You know, everyone in snooker is

desperate to see has Judd Trump, the new centre star of the sport,

can follow up his triumph at the UK Championship in Yorke at the tail

end of last year. He is, of course, still on for a potential triple

crown. That's the UK Championship,. Masters and the world title in the

same season. It hasn't been done since Mark Williams in 2003. Well,

his first hurdle is a first-round match against Stuart Bingham, a man

who enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2011, winning the Australian Open.

It was his first world ranking title. Well, let's enjoy this best-

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title. Well, let's enjoy this best- can just get past the blue to this

corner, but it's a tough pot. If he can find the middle of the ball

cushion here, it would be a good safety.

APPLAUSE Slotted it in lovely. And just the

touch of a bounce. Perfect on the was available, but it obviously was,

and he couldn't have played it plenty of room around the black

spot area, so you would think first opportunity, pot the red, get the

black on its spot. And then you can really think about winning the

black is available into the left corner. It's certainly available

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into the right corner. It would be excellent chance now to show. He

just found one red. More or less a shot for notot for notthat shot

blue. Played that nicely. Very important to make sure you go past

the blue. Amazing how many times players come up short with that

above the black in the left corner, right-hand cushion. Will have to go

back up to the blue again and try and get on the black. Now he could

play for the black. That was a nice shot. Yeah, it was an excellent

shot. I, like you, thought he didn't have the angle. But he

with that, if he had hit another red full in the face, he may not

have been on the black. Shows how full of confidence he's. That shot

could have easily gone wrong. Your first frame on the table, you don't

know how the lie is playing. If he cannoned the red above those two,

it would have been break over. That's a fair point, isn't it, when

you're full of confidence. You don't think about things going

wrong. It's just when you're struggle sometimes and you see

obstacles that aren't there. But this is excellent stuff now.

And now he's played that cannon. It would be a surprise if he didn't

him 65 points in front. So a red in you remove a red, that red, that

another eight points have gone. This blue, to be 71 points in front,

with just 67 remaining. it was a good pot from Judd. And

pink, seven blacks. APPLAUSE

If he gets this cannon right, the possibility... The possibility of

the century. He couldn't get the cannon, so he's trying to go in and

An excellent start there for Judd Trump. As we say, Stuart Bingham

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not sure whether the pink, or how available it will be, when it's put

on its spot. If he decides to back up for the blue...

REFEREE: 13. Just about got there. little bit further -- he would

always prefer to be a little bit further away from the cushion than

this. About six inches away, no problems to play a little gentle

screw. But he's OK, didn't have to do a lot with the cue ball. Got a

red to the right corner, but he's got a bit to do with the cue ball

that one. I think he was looking a little bit too far ahead there. You

know, he didn't want to keep playing for the blue, but sometimes

the ball puts you into a certain type of game. And it's always gonna

be difficult to win the frame. Oh. APPLAUSE

missed that. I think any more pace, it wouldn't have gone in.

Interesting to see where this pink goes and how available it is,

because I felt Judd could have played for the pink a while ago.

I am surprised Judd didn't play for I think he played for the red,

below the pink spot. But he's put a pink into the right-hand side of

the pocket, as we look at it. Pushed the white further over, so

he will have to play this red for the green pocket.

APPLAUSE You're not striking the ball as you

The pace of the table has helped him out there, by the looks of it,

bouncing. But he's finished absolutely inch-perfect.

REFEREE: 18. This will settle Stuart down now, if he can get

enough points. He's got the pink available into both corners. A good

the match, what you want to do is play two or three nice positional

shots. Even when you're potting balls cleanly, it doesn't give you

confidence. But when you pot the shots and you get the result you

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expect, it helps to relax you a lot ideal if he can get the angle and

cannon on to the two reds. Still be on the red next to the black then.

He would want to be high on the the black to go to the blue spot.

Yeah, it's make-your-mind-up-time, really, isn't it?

He was always gonna leave himself now a tricky black. If it goes in,

fine. But this is tricky. Well, well played.

APPLAUSE Well played. So now the frame...

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APPLAUSE Still got the chance of a century

here. Well, not now, but it won't matter.

Got his first frame on the scoreboard.

Judd's coming back to the table. I don't think with any great hope of

winning the frame, just getting a managed to get a free ball, would

do it. Yeah, I think there's a lot of reasons we play on. Obviously

Stuart's gonna win this frame. Just show your opponent, "I'm not gonna

give you the frame. I'm not gonna sit there and let you have the

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frame." So Stuart Bingham would be feeling

an awful lot better, to get his tate on Ronnie O'Sullivan's first-

round match yesterday, a packed audience. And it's a tremendous

atmosphere in Alexandra Palace. What a match that would be - Judd

versus Ronnie. If Judd were to win this match, that will be the next

test. But Stuart Bingham might have a bit

to say about that. than that by Stuart, if you're

gonna beat Trump. The last thing you want to give him is easy

openers. Try and get an angle into the blue. If he gets the right

angle, it will be straight into this pack.

main thruster, obviously going in the left corner, doesn't want to

come too straight on this black, though. Well, he has. That's

careless. Any sort of angle, easy on the red, can he force it around

after two cushions? He tried.

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he's OK. REFEREE: 33. Just about to sneak

this one into the right corner. the cannon if he didn't have to,

because of these three reds nicely in the open. But can he go for one

of those reds, or will he have to play the cannon into the pink? He

played the cannon into the pink, didn't catch the pink full into the

face. What's he have left? Nothing rather than a full ball.

he intended. So needs another good pot here. I will be honest with you,

I'm not certain there is a red that goes. One to the left medal.

-- one to the left middle. Could be Can't quite see if they are in line

with the middle. They are not far off. But he's

gonna get the other red on to them lps...$$NEWLINE -- on to them...

Wouldn't be one I would risk, but he does say he likes to play

naughty snooker. Is he gonna get don't think he can get past the

black to hit the red full enough to put it on to the two reds. I'm not

sure he can. I think he's desperate to play it. I know. I mean, it's

that balance, isn't it? In defence and attack, that's always been the

thing about snooker. He's got a 45- point lead. I think safety's the

order of the day. REFEREE: Judd Trump, 45. That was

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second good chance he's had now, Judd, and, well, it's frames like

this which are real boosts, if you this frame he's sat in his chair

thinking, "Well, this frame's gone." Can he make the most of this

LAUGHTER Eight. Down there, putting the

black on the pink spot, which was a bit of a shock to the system,

because obviously this red wouldn't have gone.

Nine. Well, I tell you what, nothing's going in particularly

bring the awing the awinto play. It's turned out to be a bit more of

a risk, because he's not perfect on this red. Now, is it...? Oh! Well,

even Stuart was watching that on his feet. It must be a magnet.

Pockets are like buckets! Well, he was on his... Stuart was

A tremendous opportunity in the just had a feeling about it, didn't

you? There was one or two pots that didn't look in, overrunning

position. He was just beginning to feel the heat there, I felt. It

caught up with him in the end. APPLAUSE

If this pink doesn't pass the blue, he's been a little unlucky there,

A good pot on the yellow, but overhit it somewhat.

REFEREE: Three. For a 25-point lead, so he still needs the two remaining

reds to clinch the frame at this Nicely on the black.

This is it now. It could be the key to the frame if he can drop this in.

Doesn't have to do a lot with the cue ball. Bound to be on the black,

or even the blue. behind. Up to and including the

him out here is if he overhits this. It's all about pace to get good

overdone it. That was the only thing that could

have gone wrong. Yeah, naturally to play that with a touch on the left-

hand side, it's just the cue ball sped up.

APPLAUSE The points are level. Judd in a lot

of trouble. He missed his opportunity there, Stuart.

Decided to try and net one to the blue. Very difficult shot to play.

The far left corner. Blue and pink So he does get a better chance.

It's pink for the frame. APPLAUSE

In it goes. That's the frame that could have gone either way, but in

the end it went to Stuart Bingham. He lost the first frame, he's won

REFEREE: Judd Trump, one. Good opening leg there for Judd, but

unfortunately couldn't get the cue ball to stop this side of the line,

so just settling for the snooker. Normally, you would suggest that

you just come off the side, but you would have to come down the left-

hand of the table. And I think he may have just covered that. So it's

purposely. Now you're gonna go twice across, but you can always

misjudge this. the yellow, he purposely covered

the escape down the left-hand side of the table, as we look. This is

twice across... And he didn't want to catch the pink ball, because he

would leave a red to the right middle. Let's see how he does this

time. Mmm. Caught the wrong red. Clever snooker that, from Judd

Trump. As we say, he's learning all opportunity. Doesn't normally go

into the pink and open the reds up. What you're looking for when you do

that is an easy pot to continue with.

REFEREE: Six. Couldn't have played this better.

The skill on that shot, where he was able to hold the white in the

middle of the table, just gave him an even greater chance of a nice,

easy red to play for. Well rgs the midsession inter--

well, there will be a midsession interval after this frame. Judd, a

there in terms of the way he's striking the ball. And I think he

would be disappointed... Yeah, absolutely. He's played... Well,

he's had a lovely, measured approach. And that blue he missed

in the second frame, I think, was the one that, if you like, kick-

started Stuart Bingham's match. He looks to be cuing lovecuing loveudd.

And I agree with you. He would be disappointed. But certainly would

be just concentrating on winning this frame and going all square at

the midsession interval. REFEREE: 36.

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believe his opponent needed a snooker. You see it - 67 ahead. 75

remaining. Pot this red, 68 ahead. Only 67 left.

Trump. Below 90% for Stuart Bingham. behind the colours and don't think

about where the easy get-outs are. The right side or the left side of

the table for Stuart, gets the result. Yeah, absolutely. Just a

little thing like that made all the difference, made it a difficult

cushion, nearly snuck it in. He REFEREE: 86. Now, can he pot this

red? Miss the pink and just bring the red near the cushion now? He

didn't feel as though he could, so APPLAUSE

you, Stephen, but the crowd do love a century, don't they?

REFEREE: 100. call a few banana shots in Judd.

Well, the banana cleared off pretty quick. But never mind. Well, I

think Stuart Bingham may be the most pleased of the two players as

they go to the mid-session interval. if he wasn't hampered by the yellow,

I think he would have taken it on. But it's a tough shot, hampered.

But he can't see an alternative. Oh, that was unlucky.

REFEREE: Judd Trump, four. It's a good effort. As I say, hampered as

he was bit yellow. Full length of the table. Just got this second

kiss off the red to extend the the red right in the middle of the

pocket, hitting that absolutely as sweet as you could hit a ball.

we talk about cue power. That isn't cue power, that's just timing. As

you say, Stephen, he hits it sweet. There's the pot success.

Stuart needs to develop that percentage, otherwise this match is

gonna slip away. REFEREE: Four.

Just missed one or two that he himself. Just go back about a

couple of feet, right at the bottom of the pack, move into the left

disturbed on the red here -- a little bit disturbed on the red

here. Never guaranteed to finish on a colour.

Really push through for the black. 25. Nice angle on the black. Trying

to hit the red half ball here. Just hit it a bit quarter, that's why it

caught the back and the white's on the white, the white pushed out

before it had a chance to arc back to the pack. Probably more of a

APPLAUSE PLAUSE A bit surprising that he didn't

on a backspin and you play it at that pace, it just takes time for

the spin to grip on the ball. And he's probably better off stunning

heart would have been in his mouteds for a moment there, Stuart.

Looks as though he would leave this red on to the right middle there,

He didn't want to play off the side of the pack, he didn't want to open

reds up, play a more defensive reds. There's a bit of a gap

between the two of them. But he Sop it wasn't straightforward. And

he's -- so it wasn't straightforward. And he's gifted an

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22. Well, he's always looked in control in this match, but the

score line doesn't tell you that. Two each, and he could possibly

drop behind the game here. It's an excellent opportunity for Stuart

Bingham. 23. As we always say, no matter how

good you are, when you're sat in your seat, you're not gonna

bepolitaning many balls. -- you're not gonna be potting many

balls. That's one of the reasons why I believe snooker's one of the

toughest sports. No matter how well prepared, how well you're playing.

As we have said, Judd looks comfortable in the way he's

Stuart. Striking, potting the balls in the

middle of the pockets. His positional play has been inch-

perfect, slightly awkward, but shouldn't be a perfect.

-- but shouldn't abproblem. -- but shouldn't be a problem.

now with a two-point lead. When you would think off the red just above

the black, he would possibly play for a blue ball colour. And as I

say that, it's easier to get those two reds on the other half of the

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table and he's finished perfect on APPLAUSE

Well, the applause tells you that snooker's now required. I don't

think Judd Trump will be heading back to the table here. 64. And,

well, as we say, he looks the better cueist, but not showing up

in the score line. Stuart Bingham, this visit. He's

taken these really well. APPLAUSE

He goes in Trump once again. A slight problem here. Falls 3-2

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Well, let's see if he stacks live. Balls potted - Judd Trump, 90.

Stuart Bingham, 66. Total points - 309, Judd Trump. 233, Stuart

Stuart Bingham. And safety success - 81%, Judd

Trump. 76%, Stuart Bingham. And just to top it off - table time

- 54% of it, Judd Trump. Why is Stuart Bingham 3-2 in front, is the

question. And 71%, excellent, 44%, Stuart Bingham. It's a funny old

would say, "Well, Trump must be about 4-1 up." Yeah, that's all it

takes sometimes. Well, he's found it there. That one did go in. It's

OK. All right, he would be disappointed the blue's been

knocked off its spot, but he's on a colour.

to go on its spot and be available into the pocket. So may play for

the pink sooner rather than later. Judd Trump, pot the yellow, but not

cleanly. Slightly out of position. Yeah, I thought the red in the

middle of the table would have gone I think he may have played for the

black there, but he will settle for Can't afford any more slip-ups now.

We give you the stats and there's no reason why he shouldn't be in

front in this match. But the fact of the matter is, he's not.

So, in a way, that can create its own ghts bit of pressure. Pash --

cushion there. Came out in front of him, more than expected. Want to

play to the left of the pink, instead of this one. May choose to

play the cannon on the red. Actually, he's gonna play the red

for the pink, sorry. John, when they sense the danger

and can step up a gear, 2-1 down, a century break, 3-2 down, and now

making another big break. Yeah. Once again he played for the

black there, played a little cannon on the red to hold for the black

on the black that he played for. Just was a little bit annoyed. And

it caused him to miss the pink. It's funny, when you're not on the

ball that you played for, even when you expect to pot the pink, he

should have been on the black, and lose position than to miss a pot.

You have to get that out of your mind when you're playing the shot

that you didn't think you were going to be playing. And, of course,

the speed he plays at, this is what he played. He played a cannon on

that red and he just drifted by it. But this is what - he's showing

exactly what Judd was trying to play. Because Judd's a very quick

player, all of a sudden he's not on the black. "All right, I will play

the pink." But the pink jufd needed a little bit of thought.

-- but the pink just needed a little bit of thought. And it just

the pink then, he was just trying to stun through just a couple of

inches to leave himself on the red that Stuart finished up potting. Of

course, Stuart missed the cannon and that's why he's on nothing.

He's given this plenty of thought. Just a safety, of course. Trying to

cover that red that's on the right- hand side of the table.

REFEREE: Stuart Bingham, one. he hasn't covered it. But he will

be just happy to still be in the frame, Stuart. That's happened a

few times in this match, where I am certain he's sat in his seat,

thinking, "I have lost this one," and before he knows it, he's still

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to the pink in the right corner. And down to safety.

APPLAUSE Yeah, tremendous pot.

Could that be the shot that sets him up to win this frame, and level

REFEREE: Five. I think - I'm not certain if both reds are available,

certainly the left-hand one of the two. Well, it looks like both of

them will pot, but he wanted to be APPLAUSE

It was such a weg-struck shot. the minute. Tried to force that.

Quite straight. He wants to go to the black, he's gonna hit this very

And he may have played a black, he may not have done. But playing it

in such a way that he hasn't - I don't know, does this red get

through the gap to the left middle? It does. Is it there?

APPLAUSE It is! Well, that's amazing. I

thought Stuart had got away with it Thought for all the world as though

he had left nothing. And then it was straight pot into the middle

pocket. Surely now Judd will make the most of this opportunity and be

quite relieved as well, because it just seemed that the balls were

just starting to run a little bit Red colour red.

58 points, the lead now. Just 51 But possibly, I don't know if this

red cuts in or not. He would like to pot it.

Judd Trump, 29. Well, a few snookers needed, but it looks like

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APPLAUSE And he would be quite relieved, did

Trump. He led everything in stats, Well, good opening red. Could have

done with a cue ball just bounce another couple of inches, then this

black would have been unmissable. Cracking to start with. Just needed

another inch or two bounce. As I say, he would probably take the

say, the bounce, if it was inches, it would have been unmissable. That

was tricky, though. Didn't seem to play it with a lot of conviction.

He put it quite slowly. Yeah, I think it was just one of

them, wasn't it? He knew it was running into a red, wasn't certain

where it was gonna finish. So, really, he should have made certain

of the pot, if he was gonna play it He played that with a shot to

nothing. Not leaving anything if he missed it. That's so unlucky not to

say, a tremendous pot. Such easy cue in. And look at the reaction he

got on the cue ball. All the places in all the world, to finish it

advantageous. Obviously it would have been on the black if it had

gone in. With the double, and we always say this, if you catch the

wrong jaw in the middle and it doesn't go in, you don't know where

the red's gonna finish. He did leave a chance, but Stuart couldn't

first real chance now to Judd Trump. Stuart's already missed. I mean, it

Yeah, I think that would be the seventh game in a row that Judd's

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had the first real chance of the type of shot he didn't want to hit

too hard, because he could have rolled through the reds and been on

nothing. But he's just dislodged enough to make this a possible

perfectly, but it's OK. It's only OK, because he's got a red in the

far end of the table. So it will be on the wrong side of

the blue. It wasn't that important. It gives you a wake-up call when

you always miss one but you get away with it. It sharpens your mind

up, brings your concentration back up to 100%. Say to yourself, "I'm

slightly overhit. Still on the red. I didn't realise that. So it was

perfect, as it turned out. Now, pot this red, get a nice angle

on the black, and the frame's at his mercy. 50. A little bit

straighter than he wanted. But he may be OK. He can pot the black and

points ahead, 67 remaining. Once he pots the red, there will

only be 59 remaining, so Stuart faring the worst. Lost the first

frame, has never been behind since. APPLAUSE

Could play a cannon on the pink here. Almost a straight line in the

middle, but a cannon on the pink would leave either of the two reds

to the left corner. Makes the pink. APPLAUSE

80. Made 107 break in frame four. Every chance now he can better that.

Can be better situated, once he rolls this pink in, they will all

APPLAUSE Yeah, well played.

now? Oh! There we go. Hello! LAUGHS Well, that was superb. And it's a

lot easier now, because that was a little frame that earlier on could

have gone wrong for him of the but that was a good response. So he's

got his nose in front now at 4-3. Well, we all know that the one big

problem with any shot on the snooker circuit, particularly a pot,

is the harder you hit it, the more accurate you need to be. And if you

can get the cue ball to move that much without having to hit it that

little bit harder, what a you would get a double kiss and

leave it on. But it's still left Stuart with a chance, this pot.

Well, you just feel Stuart's got to raise his game if he's gonna get

anything out of this match. He's still well in it, but he's not

played his best so far. APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE Like Judd's shot earlier on in the

match, he's covered the easy way to get to the right-hand side of the

pack, the two cushions. Shouldn't cue ball, when you play it slow, it

slides off the cushion, doesn't come off a natural angle. Sometimes

just have a... Yeah, I think he thought that that was gonna slide a

bit more. Never gets really close to the blue

when you play the shot, so that's what puts you off a little bit when

in the average tables, is it, John? It only happens with brand-new

cloths, you get the slide. Yeah, he found the line then. But didn't

have the pace. I don't blame Stuart for putting it back, because...

This is a better line. Is it? Is it? No! Stuart Bingham, six.

Amazing how many points can be given away now with just one what

looked comparatively easy snooker. Up can't blame the referee for

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calling miss here, because there's right-hand side of the table, if he

wants to play safe, but I think he's got an eye for the pot here.

APPLAUSE And he smacked it right in the

middle. That leaves a good hit on the blue.

It's not bad. It's a terrific opening red.

Found the gap. As I say, just needed probably a better kiss on

the blue, but he can cut it into the left middle.

better result than that. That was Well, a scratch of the head as he

held the cue ball too much and not on the black.

the red. Apd you thought, "Well, what a chance -- and you thought,

"Well, what a chance this is." And he's carelessly run out of position.

Judd Trump, seven. He will be going He's played a good safety. Not a

bad shot. Don't let that bad shot get to him too much.

APPLAUSE Played that OK, but he's left

another red for Judd here. I think he will follow through for two

cushions for a choice of pink and blue.

blue, he couldn't get close to this next intended red. So he's fancying

to knock it in, but maybe not a lot to do with the cue ball. Just stun

into the red and leaves himself on the pink for the right middle. Not

quite certain where the next red comes from, though.

APPLAUSE I couldn't tell you how good that

shot was. I don't think he could get right to the middle of the cue

ball, so he's having to put a little bit of left-hand side on it.

And to play at that pace and be to accurate, that was one heck of a

It just shows how straight he cues pushed the cue through so straight.

Playing at that pace, as I say, I don't think he could quite get to

so he's obviously not perfect with his positional play here.

Playing it right-handed. That was a nice little cannon.

Well, now the players, 15 seconds a shot, Judd Trump. 17 seconds,

Stuart Bingham. frame time with shots like that,

just over 12 minutes, which was quick. This one may take a little

longer now, though. He's made a mistake there, has Judd. He's on

APPLAUSE Two good chances now in this frame,

has Judd. And just missed out on the traditional side. Just cost him

if you've had two good chances and not clinched it, are you gonna get

cushion. Safe there, but now he's forced to play it, which he didn't

pink and the left shot and up into the right corner pocket.

Have to be careful with his white ball if he miss this is pot. He

wants to play a good safety shot. white ball could go down the table

In it goes. He's playing the little tuck-up behind the green. He did a

good job of it as well. APPLAUSE

So, as I said a few moments ago, Judd Trump had two good

opportunities in this frame already. The red is on. And there's also a

looked. Couldn't afford to miss it. He can't see any problems with

getting rid of all the reds. It's the yellow that's the obvious

stumbling block in terms of clearing up here.

REFEREE: Seven. Gonna be right back Well, he wants to be straight on

this black so he can just roll it in. Can he? Or for the red below

it? He could. He was OK. The last thing he wanted was an angle there

where he was having to run into that red.

23. So this black will put him four as he should have done. Because it

was important when he potted this pink to have a good position on the

last red. Yeah, would like to have played for

the green. The green could be the easiest chlor, not the yellow here.

It just shows, doesn't it, a careless little shot, he just left

himself wrong on the pink. He's decided to play for the black, but

he's, well, he's stopped in his traction. He feels as though it

bounced a little bit more than he expected off this cushion. And if

he's straight on this black, or just off straight, which he is, he

will be struggle to stkpush the yellow.

-- to disturb the yellow. He did white out towards the middle pocket.

He is left-handed. Judd Trump, eight. I can only assume that he

did play the colour on the yellow and tried to knock it down the

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cushion, just gave it a little bit Well, it's not the first time that

Stuart has missed the ball on the way up. Well, he just about flicked

it on the way up, but got a bit more on the way back. Anyway, it's

No, it's OK. He's played it well. APPLAUSE

he's not left the pot, but he's gonna be snookered next shot,

that's for sure. Yeah, nicely played. Even if you

hit the yellow fullish at that pace, he would knock it towards the side

can get in behind this yellow. Cushion first.

And he did do. Now, is he gonna miss the green or

nudge it and be on it? He's nudged looks, for all money now, Stuart

Bingham, who led 3-2, he's gonna fall 5-3 behind. Nine. A frame that

Judd had, well, two real good opportunities. Stuart missed an

easy pink, careless safety attempt. And never really got another

Now just one frame away from a place in the quarterfinals. He

leads Stuart Bingham by five frames positively, for the black. Didn't

play it with a lot of safety. Has whether he could really get through

to all of that red, you know? Very tight. And then, of course, he

reached the point of no return, has Stuart. And he's got to raise his

game. I have been saying that for all of this match. Even though he's

hung on in there. He can certainly play better than he's shown. And

may be maybe now, with his back against the wall, he can produce

in his first ranking tournament, won the last four frames to beat

Mark Williams. No fear. As you say, sometimes you can relax

and find your game and you know you've got nothing else to lose.

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that? He had a chance there. If he had

have made a sizeable break, a frame-winning contribution, he

might have given the lift to push this match all the way. But up

cannot miss when you're in like that, not at this level. Looks as -

- but you cannot miss when you're in like that, not at this level.

Looks as though he's covered the because he's got that red over the

corner. Good shot. Pressure on that. He's

hampered playing the pink. But he's played a little bit easy. He

doesn't have a lot to do with the cue ball.

Yes, well played. And now frame and match at his mercy.

you want, isn't it, to win the -- yeah, just the sort of opportunity

you want, isn't it, to win the match? Nothing to do but just hold

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your concentration, one shot at a Not making things any easier for

would say 98% of players would have just rolled that pink in. But Judd,

he prefer toss stun the ball. -- but Judd, he prefers to stun the

APPLAUSE Played this absolutely inch-perfect.

A couple of shaky moment, positional-wise. But he's back.

It would be a boring game, John, if everyone played the same, wouldn't

it? Yes, it would. And he's certainly breathed a little bit of

life into the game, has Judd Trump. He's continued that tremendous run

that he had in the World Championship at the end of last

season. difficult, and we've got to

remember that he's taken a few knocks along the way, has Judd.

Because he turned professional in 2005. It's not as if he only turned

professional a couple of years ago. So he really had to work his way up

the rankings. And now he's there, he looks completely at home. It's

where he - where everybody thought he should be, it just look a little

moment to get that cue ball in careless shot, where he put the red

into the side of the centre, that's left him too much angle on the blue.

REFEREE: Judd Trump, 50. Not over the line yet, then. He's back to

his seat, with a 24-point lead. But -- with a 26-point lead. But

there's still a possible 59 left on was to get it reasonably safe. And

it is, I am not certain whether Stuart will be tempted by this red

to the far right corner. He was. Hello! Oh. Well, would you believe

And even if the blue is covering the direct line to the red, he's

got a red on the line that he could knock one on to the other. He's

gotta be careful if he's trying to play this cushion first, because

that red is right into the jaws of the pocket. He could miss it

altogether. Can't be much more in the jaws. I don't know how it's not

very accurate. So Stuart Bingham was very fortunate there not to

pot two reds? One. Well, that puts a little bit of pressure on this

brown now. Brown or green. If he's gonna play the pots, he's got to

Good shot. APPLAUSE

Very good shot. From the type of shot that can just give your

confidence a little boost. There's cause here. The green spot not

available, and nor this spot available. So just to remind you,

it goes in a direct line for the spot and the top cushion.

That red near the green is now red over the right centre is not

easily potable, because he might have played it there. Perhaps it's

more difficult than it looks on the screen.

think he will finish up with a nice angle on the blue, but it's the

awkward red behind the green that's the problem. 13. I don't think it

pots, no matter where he will put the cue ball. He will have to

disturb it. APPLAUSE

He's looking at the potting angle. It's tricky, this.

APPLAUSE But it's a good one.

really, you'll feel, is the green. Well, if he could get the cue ball

back to where it is now, that would yellow. Tried to get too close to

the green to make it unmissable, when he should have just made

certain he stayed in the middle of the table.

A bit of a let-off there for Judd Trump. He's had a few chances to

finish this frame and the match. You can play it thin, just send the

green on to the top cushion, or up and down. He's played the thin one.

He's played it well. Good shot. erring on the side of hitting it...

Well, missing rather than hitting it, because the problem is with

this shot, if you just catch the green a little bit thicker than you

intend, it will go back up the green straight on, a double kiss.

Send the white back up. As long as he hits it dead straight. Because

if he hits it either side of the green, the white's going to go to

the side and might leave a pot on. That's certainly an option. I think

if he misses the green this time, he might have to play it. Yeah,

because if he tries the thin one and doesn't hit it, he will get a

warning. He's played it OK. In fact, he's played it very well. And the

blue might be a bonus here. points behind, so he needs up to

that -- I could not have refused that green all day. No. It looked

like a natural three-quarter ball in his favour.

I can't believe that Stuart was attempting to pot that. I think he

was trying to hit it so it came off the top cushion, side cushion and

back to the top cushion. Anyway, here's another chance for Judd. All

good positional shot needed. APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE Well,

Well, that

Well, that was

Well, that was a

Well, that was a very close one for middle pocket. Stuart sat there,

thinking, "This match could be over now." Seven.

very disappointed here. He's not played his best and he's been given

one or two chances by his opponent. But in the end, it's Judd Trump

who's gone through. He's won the first break, then played catch-up.

He went ahead 4-3, then 5-3. He runs out 6-3. Stuart Bingham

disappointed, but Judd Trump is now through to the quarterfinal for

that head to head with Ronnie O'Sullivan on Thursday. Can't wait

O'Sullivan on Thursday. Can't wait for that. And nor can we. Judd

through to the quarterfinals for the very first time. In fact,

that's his first-ever victory at the final stages of the Masters

event. He will play Ronnie O'Sullivan, the four-time champion